Swimming Programs

This deck-to-team program is built to help young athletes of all experience levels learn the water skills necessary to keep them safe in the water and to get on to a swim team! Groups are broken up by skill level and are held to a 4 athlete to 1 coach ratio.

Our Stroke Academy is the step between lessons and swim team. During this program athletes will work specifically on technique for all 4 strokes, learn how to read a pace clock, do flip and open turns, dive off blocks, and other skills they will need to know before joining a swim team.

Wipeout meets American Ninja Warrior meets the best time you have ever had in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Open to everyone, sign-up for this frenzied fun as you float into winter!

The St. James Masters is a swim team designed to train adult athletes for all their swimming goals. Whether it is becoming a more avid recreational swimmer, training for a triathlon or getting ready to compete in an open water race, STJ Masters can help you get there! Practices are run with a punch pass system. Each punch pass is valid for one year from the purchase date and can be used at any of the STJ masters practices.

The St. James Swim Club is a USA Swim team sanctioned to compete against elite athletes across the country. Our athletes are held to the highest standard of excellence, bond through character building workouts and excel both in the water and on the deck.

Benefits of joining our swim team include: Cultivate a lifelong love of swimming, coaching from passionate and expert coaches, character building, encourage friendship and teamwork, learn time management, develop leadership skills.

This training provides entry-level participants the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel take over. Participants who successfully complete the Lifeguarding course will receive an American Red Cross certificate for Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED, valid for 2 years.